Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China

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Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China () is a term and political designation used by the People's Republic of China (PRC) for its claim of the Taiwan Area as its province. The area includes the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islets, as well as the Penghu islands under administration of the Republic of China (ROC). Therefore, the PRC has no actual control of the territory and the term is a purely hypothetical province which does not exist in reality but only under official PRC government admininstrative structure. It is often referred to as "Taiwan, China" by PRC media for short but also as a means to portray Taiwan as being under its sovereignty.

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The claimed official borders and divisions of the Taiwan Province of People's Republic of China mirror those of the ROC Taiwan Province before 1949. The PRC has not acknowledged any changes made post-1949 by the ROC. Thus, the elevation of Taipei , Kaohsiung , New Taipei , Taichung , and Tainan to direct-controlled cities has not been recognized by the PRC, and all these cities appear as part of Taiwan Province in publications issued by the PRC...Read More